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CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST AERODROM COMPLETED WITH BAPTISTERY

08/10/2016

The construction of the Baptistery, which was being built in the church complex of St. Jovan Krstitel (St John the Baptist), along the river Vardar in the municipality of Aerodrom, Skopje, donated by Adora engineering, is at the final phase,.

Baptistery, which raises in the distinctive style of the Church of St. Jovan Krstitel according to the canons of the Orthodox Church and in constant consultation with the Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia HB Stephen, has a net area of 106 m² and has a special section for baptizing, souvenir shop and several additional rooms. After completion of the construction and doling out the building with natural stone, a wall painting inside of the baptistery will be developed by our renowned authors of wall painting with appropriate content that symbolizes baptism, which has special significance for the Orthodox believers.

With the baptistery the complex Church of St. John the Baptist enters the completion phase, as an important spiritual temple for Orthodox believers, which the founder Prof. Dr. Vancho Chifliganec with the family donated in 2014 to the Municipality of Aerodrom, Skopje, where construction company Adora Engineering has major investments.